Chicago White Sox’s Jose Abreu, center, reacts as he is checked by a team trainer, right, and third base coach Shelley Duncan after hit by pitch during the sixth inning in the first baseball game of a doubleheader against the Seattle Mariners in Chicago, Sunday, June 27, 2021.
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On Saturday, manager Tony La Russa said that Jose Abreu put his hand on a baseball and swore he was healthy enough to play. The accumulated bumps and bruises of the season had not been enough to sit him down.
A day later, a 96 mph sinker from Mariners pitcher JT Chargois hit Abreu’s left knee and took him out in the sixth inning of the first game of Sunday’s doubleheader. X-rays were negative and Abreu was listed as day to day.